1952 Hesburgh
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1952 Hesburgh, provisional designation 1951 JC, is a rare-type carbonaceous asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 37 kilometers in diameter.
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Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | Indiana University (Indiana Asteroid Program) |
Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
Discovery date | 3 May 1951 |
Designations | |
(1952) Hesburgh | |
Named after | Theodore M. Hesburgh (University president)[2] |
1951 JC · 1936 ND 1939 AB · 1940 GQ 1954 XC · 1974 KQ | |
main-belt · (outer)[3] | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 77.14 yr (28,177 days) |
Aphelion | 3.5522 AU |
Perihelion | 2.6708 AU |
3.1115 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1416 |
5.49 yr (2,005 days) | |
175.77° | |
0° 10m 46.56s / day | |
Inclination | 14.255° |
78.149° | |
339.27° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 32.39±8.33 km[4] 35.55±1.4 km (IRAS:15)[5] 37.501±0.151 km[6] 39.660±0.381 km[7] 41.27±1.19 km[8] |
47.7±0.1 h[9][lower-alpha 1] | |
0.078±0.005[8] 0.080±0.012[6] 0.0837±0.0130[7] 0.10±0.03[4] 0.1041±0.009 (IRAS:15)[5] | |
Tholen = CD:[1] · CD:[3] B–V = 0.756[1] U–B = 0.340[1] | |
10.31±0.33[10] · 10.32[1][3][5][8][7][4] | |
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It was discovered on 3 May 1951, by IU's Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States.[11] It was named for Father Theodore M. Hesburgh.[2]